Episode 169 – Endurance
The first one to swing the sword was Stia.
Stia’s unique light yet sharp and sharp swordsmanship begins to cut down monsters. Wearing Astra only on her arm makes her stronger.
But she can’t trust Stia to take care of it all by herself.
After a brief exchange of glances, Stia leaps lightly behind her and I step forward.
From now on, we plan to gradually reduce the number of monsters in turn in a relay format.
“Huh!”
Spear with all your might towards the first enemy to attack you.
Miracles such as being able to see the way like when catching the Minotaur did not happen.
It was just an ordinary spear.
It wasn’t enough, but it’s also not lacking in power.
Perbubbubuck!
A purple flash was fired, blasting everything in its path.
However, although the spear is powerful, it is not a good technique to deal with multiple enemies.
‘The range is too narrow.’
Even if you explode monsters in a straight line with a spear, they will not stop and rush at you from the side.
In order to prevent that, Dina’s rampage continued immediately.
It pulls out as long as possible and hacks at the front at random, like a bee dancing.
Slowly! Awesome!
The blood of the monster burst out and splashed on my cheek.
Despite being virtual, the feeling of blood that was still warm and soggy made me feel uncomfortable.
“… Ugh.”
But my turn ends here.
Dina’s rampage can only push the enemy right in front of you, it can’t continue forever.
When I stepped back, this time Kania stepped in.
With a large amount of blood on the sword.
… Can that be considered black magic?
‘No. That kind of thing can’t be a swordsman.’
That was just a huge lump of energy.
However, the mass of energy wielded by a strong man who reached the state was close to a disaster in itself.
Quaaa——!
Kania’s blood burst out like a wave and swept the monsters in front.
“hehehehe….”
The problem is that right after that, Kania made an uncharacteristically weak sound and staggered back.
But I have no intention of blaming her.
‘Because he actually showed the most outstanding effect among us.’
She gave me about 5 seconds thanks to her wide range attack.
But the real problem is that Scarlett is next.
“Me too? Really?!”
Scarlett shouted in a voice full of bewilderment as she grabbed the claymore.
… Should I just send Scarlett back and intervene instead?
It is certainly true that Scarlett’s growth is outstanding these days, but that is only within common sense standards.
When someone sees her talent, it’s not to the extent of ‘Does this make sense?’, But to the point of ‘Oh, she’s a genius.’
So I mean… If you grow steadily, you will be able to join and stay in the hero’s party.
It means that her skills are far from reaching her level yet.
Moreover, she doesn’t have any skills yet, she just wields her sword rather well.
Even if I can do everything alone, even when a few monsters attack me, I have no ability to deal with the waves of monsters that come crashing down like a landslide.
“Ha, do it? He said he really did!”
Scarlett screams and takes her jockey.
… Okay. No matter how urgent the situation is, after all, this is training in a virtual space.
Even if you die, you will only receive a little mental shock, but there is no problem in reality.
This is all part of training… Should I see it?
‘No matter how hard it is, it’s a bit like letting them die….’
Pull back now and I….
At that time, the missiles of darkness that came from behind began bombarding the monsters.
“…… Siwoo?”
“… Ah.”
And a cold voice that came in a small voice.
Only then did I remember that I had thrown Dinah.
“Sorry….”
“What are you sorry about?”
Dina’s voice cuts me off.
“Do you know?”
Even at that moment, dark missiles were constantly bombarding the monsters.
Thanks to that, Scarlett only had to deal with one or two monsters that popped out.
The problem now was that my life was at stake.
At this rate, Dina might kill you!
‘Heoguk….’
This sensation of chilling down the spine and smooth hair.
It seemed like it had been a long time since I thought that I might die from Dina.
Until I found out that she was the real Dina, she lived her life fearing that Dina would kill me.
Ah… This nostalgic feeling. I wasn’t happy at all.
“… I threw Dina-sama in danger….”
“Again?”
Huh? Are you there again?
“Uh… Even after throwing it, Dina-sama was put behind her…….”
“Hmm.”
It’s ruined.
That reaction is not good.
It’s like an angry girlfriend crossing her arms and staring at her with her cold eyes, saying, ‘That’s just how it came out?’ Because it sounded like it would come out when I did it.
Dina isn’t my girlfriend yet, but this kind of reaction wasn’t very good.
It sounded like an alarm went off in her head with a beep-beep-beep.
My survival instinct, which had been calm in the face of countless monsters, screamed with all my body to run away immediately.
So I decided.
“Please save me.”
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I decided to look at my life pathetically.
“… Why don’t you stop messing around and come and help?”
Stia spat out her words as she prepared to switch with Scarlett.
… Do you see this as flirting?
“This, no matter where you look at it, it’s a joke!”
Look. Dina agrees with me too. Her face was also red from how excited she was.
Stia looked at Dina and walked in front of her with a smile on her face.
“The way I see it, it’s just flirting.”
Stia must have had her eye strained.
Did the goddess take away her eyesight in exchange for the warrior’s blessing?
It was unfortunate.
Dina, with a slightly pouting expression, reaped her magic as soon as Stia and Scarlett took turns.
Well, Stia and I are short-lived, but we can survive alone, and Scarlett is not.
Since Dina also needs to conserve her stamina, she seemed to be thinking of helping Scarlett only when she did.
Not a bad idea.
Stia, taking over her baton, powerfully shoots Astra’s flames forward.
It was hard to believe that the dragon was exhaling its breath.
Golden Breath! It was a breath that seemed to be exhaled by a divine dragon living somewhere.
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After that, the battle continued for several hours.
Stia is number 27, I am number 24, and Scarlett and Dinah are number 23.
And Kania, who rejoined after taking a short break, is number 21.
After fighting so madly, the number of monsters that were flocking to us finally began to show an end.
“Almost there!”
I shouted to raise everyone’s morale.
“Shut up and pay attention!”
And I heard something from Stia.
Hing. What do you say to me
But it was definitely a situation where I had to focus. Because now was my time to deal with monsters.
However, it was also true that he lost his concentration after fighting for too long.
As the fatigue accumulated, my head was spinning and my body felt like it was going to collapse.
It has been a long time since everyone has already crossed their limits.
It was pretty ugly for saying that he was saving energy and boasting, but….
Nonetheless, this experience will become a valuable experience and will definitely be of great help in the future.
Because it wasn’t that common to last for hours with evil and evil in a state so exhausted that you couldn’t even lift a finger.
And in fact, if I had been alone, I wouldn’t have been able to fight this long.
I’m not saying it was simply because there was no time to rest in between….
Psychological factors must have played a part in writing evil and enduring it this far.
If I collapse, all the children behind me suffer, but above all, the competitive spirit was strong.
I’m so tired that I’m going to die, but that bastard is still enduring like that? Thought to do.
And because of the thought that I didn’t want to lose to it, I’ve been fighting fiercely until now.
If I were alone, even if I had a break, I couldn’t hold on for long and gave up….
“Don’t think about anything else, focus!”
Once again Stia’s sting flew into my head.
Perhaps it was because I was exhausted, but I got angry for no reason, so I tried to refute something.
Boo-woong!
“Wow!”
Suddenly, a gorilla monster approached me and swung its arm towards me.
I ducked backwards to avoid a narrow car, then immediately swung Durandal and ripped off the guy’s head.
However, in that short time, the other guys came closer and it became more difficult to hold on.
‘Stia told me to focus on everything for a reason!’
Actually, my concentration was broken worse than I expected, so I didn’t even notice the monster approaching me and swinging its arm.
If it hadn’t been for Stia’s cry, I would have been the first among us to die.
And waited outside alone and greeted the children who had lived longer and came out with an awkward expression….
As soon as I thought about it, my fever rose even though it was just an imagination.
‘Absolutely not!’
That’s too embarrassing!
As expected, there was a reason for Stia-nim’s nagging.